Mayor Sam Adams and representatives of the Portland region’s athletic and outdoor industry have released the results of the first comprehensive effort to understand the origins and interplay of the firms that comprise the industry throughout the Portlandregion and the state of Oregon. Business leaders joined the mayor, Portland Development Commission (PDC), Business Oregon and […]

John Kitzhaber is getting to work on business development in his usual style, by setting up committees to work on policies and programs. It’s a start, but he may be missing one of the main points in Oregon’s business climate, the question of regulatory reform.

Business and education leaders from throughout Linn, Benton and Lane counties seemed to agree that difficult times lay ahead for the mid-valley and all of Oregon before any headway toward an economic recovery can be made.

Linn-Benton Community College hosted an Oregon Business Plan forum Wednesday afternoon, which […]

The annual Oregon Leadership Summit has released it preliminary agenda and its list of speakers.

Not surprisingly, Gov.-elect John Kitzhaber is the keynote speaker at the annual event. He plans to address the state’s economic and fiscal crisis and will discuss the role of the Oregon Business Plan in the state’s recovery […]

John Kitzhaber was in downtown Portland, outlining his plan for the next few weeks as he transitions back into the office of Oregon’s Governor. He said his top focus is creating new jobs. Part of the process will be to review the State’s business plan using this year’s Oregon Business Summit […]